The Oslo Peace Process: A Calamity for Both Israel and the Palestinians
Delegitimizing Israel while legitimizing the PLO.
September 7, 2016
The Oslo Peace Process: A Calamity for Both Israel and the Palestinians
Delegitimizing Israel while legitimizing the PLO.
Since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, Israelis have been subject to repeated waves of terror, armed groups have established bases close to Israel’s population centers, Palestinians have suffered immiseration at the hands of corrupt or fanatical tyrants, and Israeli Arabs have become increasingly radicalized. Meanwhile, Israel has received no credit from the international community for ending its occupation of Gaza and parts of the West Bank, while the PLO stands high in international opinion. Efraim Karsh comments on the opportunities Israel has forgone by adhering to so radically flawed an attempt at peacemaking:
September 7, 2016
Will No One Support the Kurds’ Quest for Statehood?
More likely to appear on the menu than to get a seat at the table.
Al-Qaeda Scores a Comeback against Islamic State
Rumors of its demise have been exaggerated.
No, Religious-Freedom Laws Don’t Protect Child Abusers
Whatever the Daily Beast says.
The Carefully Crafted Message of the Book of Judges
A literary masterpiece in the prophetic tradition.